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February 1-6 (Football) -- San Jose State is the host site for the Carolina Panthers, the National Football Conference's representative in Super Bowl 50. Spartan alum Bené Benwikere was a defensive back for the 2015 Panthers.

February 13 (Women's Basketball) -- Forward Riana Byrd becomes the second San Jose State University women's basketball player to score 1,000 points and collect 1,000 rebounds in a career in a 59-58 conference win over New Mexico at The Event Center.

April 2 (Beach Volleyball) -- San Jose State defeats #16-ranked California, 3-2, for its first win in program history against a top-20 nationally ranked team.

April 5 (Softball) -- USA Softball and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association names San Jose State first baseman Jessie Hufstetler as the national Player of the Week for batting .571 with eight extra-base hits, 12 RBI and scoring eight runs in six games.

April 28 (Women's Tennis) -- Junior Marie Klocker becomes the most honored player in San Jose State women's tennis history with her fifth and sixth all-conference awards. Klocker would finish the calendar year with 122 singles and doubles victories and is on the verge of setting a school record for most career wins by an individual in 2017.

May 1 (Women's Water Polo) -- Senior Rae Lekness becomes the San Jose State single-season and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation career scoring leader in her final match. She finished the 2016 season with 98 goals and 294 for her career.

May 13 (Men's Golf) -- San Jose State breaks ground on the $10.2-million Spartan Golf Complex on the South Campus.

June 3 (Men's Soccer) -- Lionel Messi, acknowledged presently as the world's best soccer player, joins the Argentina national team for team practices at San Jose State's South Campus in preparation for the Copa America Centenario tournament.

August 1 (Track & Field) -- San Jose State announces the reinstatement of men's track and field for the 2018-19 season. Between 1941 and 1970, Spartan athletes were ranked in Track & Field News' Top-10 in the world 91 times.

November 15 (Men's Cross Country) -- Sophomore Jose Pina becomes the first San Jose State runner in 32 years to qualify for the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships with his eighth place finish at the NCAA Regional Championship meet in Sacramento.

December 21 (Men's Basketball) -- San Jose State completes its most successful pre-conference schedule in six years with a 92-82 win over Southern Utah. The Spartans 7-4 record includes two three-game winning streaks and a road win at Washington State.

Academics

April 13 -- The San Jose State University men's cross country, women's cross country and women's water polo programs were named as recipients of the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition Award for a multi-year score of 1,000 out of 1,000.

April 15 -- 59 current and former student-athletes and cheerleaders, the largest number ever, are honored at the University's annual Honors Convocation

April 21 -- 23 Spartans named Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. San Jose State had the most honorees of any school in the Pacific Time zone.

August 2 (Women's Gymnastics) -- More than two-thirds of the team (13 out of 19) earns National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/Women) Scholastic All-America honors for individual grade-point averages of 3.50 or higher. The 2016 season marks the third consecutive year at least 10 Spartans are honored nationally.

Special honors

January 14 (Men's Water Polo) -- Peter Ueberroth accepts the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the NCAA's highest honor, at the annual NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

May 28 (Men's Basketball/Track & Field) -- Dr. Harry Edwards, 1964 men's basketball co-captain and former school record holder in the discus, receives an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and delivers the speaker at the University's commencement.

November 1 (Football) -- Senior Tim Crawley becomes the first San Jose State player to be named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winner. He would participate in honors dinner in New York City and receive an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship.

November 2 (Men's Basketball) -- Former San Jose State men's basketball player Pat Hughes calls the final out in the 2016 World Series. Hughes, the voice of the Chicago Cubs since 1996, became the first radio announcer in franchise history to call the team "World Series champions."